Hi everyone, Alexander Martin R/ is supposed to be the son of John Nelson and Barbara (Emert) Rainwater but--- He was bn 29 Aug 1820 in NC. All the other children of John and Barbara are bn Sevier Co.,Tn with the exception of Charity Elizabeth C.who was bn in Ray Co.,Mo. Kind of weird, isn't it. John would have been 22 but Barbara would have been 11 when he was born!! He could very well be a younger brother to John. They seemed to move to the same counties and states as John. Something to think about. Has anyone read the early records for SevierCo? Sevier was made from Jefferson in 1794 and the early records are at Sevierville,Tn.Some have been microfilmed by the LDS churdh but most have not. Alexander Martin R. was bn 29 Aug 1820 NC;md Mar or Apr 1852 in Polk Co., Ore to Sarah Elizabeth Emert. Sarah was bn Dec 1833 in Tn and she died 27 July 1905 ;he died 1890-both in Albany,Benton,Ore. Children; all bn Albany,Benton,Ore 1- John Reddin-bn Dec 1853-md 23 Feb 1879 to Lucy May Snell (bn Neb) 2-Daniel W.-bn May 1855-md Emma ? 3-James William-bn Jan 1857-md 23 Feb 1879 to Sarah Ellen Snell 4-Angeline Melinda-age 3 1860-md ______Brooks 5-Aaron Emmett-age 1-1860 6-Ida B-age 7 1870-md 6 Jan 1880 to H.J.Reese 7-Lydanna (Annie)-age 5 1870-md 13 Nov 1881 to Frederick Stahl 8-Emma J-age 3 1870-md 22 Dec 1886 to Albert E. Morrison 9-Martin Coleman-bn May 1869 md 1st 27 Jun 1887 to Carrie Myrtle Darling-md 2nd 13 Sep 1916 to Clara Arnetta Baer. 10-Bessie-age 7 1880-md 12 Oct 1890 J.A.Cresswell #1 John Reddin's children 1-Hattie-bn Nov 1883 2-Andrew A-bn Feb 1887-md Nellie E ? ch-Alice M-age 11 1920; Myron R-age 9 1920; Raymond R-age 2 9/12 1920 3-Elmer-bn Feb 1889-md Daisy B? #2 Daniel W's children 1-Martin E-bn July 1887;md Nevada S. Huber--ch--Ellis W;Glenn Harold-bn 21 Sep 1919;Virgil; Thelma (md Jack Bergerson); Bonita (Bonnie) md Donald Jackson 2-Lena-bn Jun 1892 #3William James' children 1-(f)Mora E.-bn Dec 1884 2-Robert A-bn Feb 1889 3-John R-bn Feb 1891 #9 Martin Coleman's (Cole) children 1-Frances S.-bn Sep 1894 2-William-bn Jun 1896 3-Jessie R-bn Oct 1897 4-Emmett-bn Feb 1898 I have some more questions but I'll ask them another time. Glidie